Democrats are leading in the polls. That means it’s time for them to panic – By Alex Seitz-Wald (NBC News) / Sept 6 2020
Some say it’s in the DNA of the party to always think the worst is about to happen.
WASHINGTON — The summer is coming to the close of an even-numbered year and Democrats are up in the polls, which means it’s time for them to freak out about the upcoming election.
Democrats are nothing if not a self-doubting bunch, and the 2016 election left such a psychic scar that many in the party are now conditioned to assume they’ll somehow blow it again and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Nominee Joe Biden continues to lead President Donald Trump in every battleground state, and Trump’s “law and order” message doesn’t seem to be working. But some recent polls showing the race tightening a bit were enough to send liberals’ blood pressure soaring along with Google searches for “Joe Biden lose” in blue states like Maryland and California.
The question is how to respond to the “bed-wetting,” as former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe memorably called the liberal tendency to see only the dark linings of silver clouds. After all, the bed-wetters were right in 2016 and the Pollyannaish data gurus, including Plouffe, were wrong in making voters feel Hillary Clinton had that race in the bag.
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